Heavy metal removal in anaerobic semi-continuous stirred tank reactors by a consortium of sulfate-reducing bacteria

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3863-3870

  Kieu, Hoa T Q ^a   Müller, Elizabeth ^a   Horn, Harald ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR); Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH); Heavy metal removal; Sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REDUCTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

ANAEROBICS; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HEAVY METAL PRECIPITATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; SEMI-CONTINUOUS STIRRED-TANK REACTOR; SULPHATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULPHATE-REDUCING BACTERIA;

HEAVY METALS;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; NICKEL; SULFATE; SULFIDE; ZINC;

ABUNDANCE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; FLUORESCENCE; HEAVY METAL; INHIBITION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFIDE; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; WASTE WATER;

EID: 79959336256     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.04.043     Document Type: Article

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